Vim Editor Shortcuts Keys

Linux Shortcuts Keys For vim Editor

1. Go to the first line
gg or 1 shift g or :0 (zero) Enter

2. Go to the last line.
Shift g or :$ Enter

3. Go to line 8
8 shift g

4. To scroll down one screen
Ctrl f

5. To scroll up one screen
Ctrl b

6. First position on line
0(zero)

7. Last position on line
$

8. Go to matching parenthesis
%

9. Right, left, up, down respectively.
l, h, k, j

Or You can also use arrow keys

10. Where Am I?
Ctrl g

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1. Copying a whole line
yy or shift y or :ny

where n is the number of line if n is not specified then copy the current line

2. Copying from current position to end of line.
y$

3. Copying 3 lines after the current position
3yy

4. Copying a range of line
:1,5y or :1y 5
The above example copy 5 lines, from 1 to 5

5. Deleting a whole line (Deleted line is copy to the registers)
dd or :nd
Where n is the number of line if n is not specified then delete the current line

6. Deleting from current position to end of line (Deleted text is copied to the registers)
d$ or shift d

7. Deleting a range of line
:1,5d or :1d 5

The above example remove 5 lines, from 1 to 5 and copy them to a register


8. Put n times a text, previously copied, after the cursor:
np

9. Put n times a text, previously copied, before the cursor
n Shift p

10. Word completion, works in insert mode

   1. Ctrl n search forward for next matching
   2. Ctrl p search backward for previous matching


Very useful in programming (perl, bash, java, other)

11. Put vim in replace mode
Shift r

12. Undo
u

13. Redo
Ctrl r

14. Repeating last change
.

15. Getting help about a topic
:help topic


Search & replace
:s%/a/A/g

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